#3912: document default for *places* arg.

#3912: document default for places arg.
4517323d · Georg Brandl · 2f3bd836 · 4517323d
Commit 4517323d authored Sep 21, 2008 by Georg Brandl
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@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ failures.
            TestCase.failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]])

   Test that *first* and *second* are approximately equal by computing the
-   difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero.
+   difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), 
+   and comparing to zero.
   Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as
   comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare
   equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`.
@@ -605,7 +606,8 @@ failures.
            TestCase.failIfAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]])

   Test that *first* and *second* are not approximately equal by computing the
-   difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero.
+   difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), 
+   and comparing to zero.
   Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as
   comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare
   equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`.